Holding apparatus for the wet treatment of fabric in web form



Nov. 11 1924,

E. NAGELIN HOLDING APPARATUS FOR THE WET TREATMENT OF FABRIC IN WEB FORMFiled April 14 1924 Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

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ERNST NAG-ELIN, O13 BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

HOLDING APPARATUS FOR THE WET TREATMENT OF FABRIC IN WEB FORM.

Application filed April 14, 1924. Serial No. 706,612.

To all whom it may concern: Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Be it known that I, ERNST NAGELIN, a Figure 2 is a side view, andcitizen of the Swiss Republic, and resident Figure 3 is a cross sectionof a suspenof Basel, Switzerland, have invented new sion rake. 55 5 anduseful Improvements in Holding Appa- The continuous folds of the fabricin this ratus for the Wet Treatment of Fabric in case lie round oneanother in spiral form; IVeb Form, of which the following is a full,they can, however, also lie adjacent to one l d exact ifi ti another inserpentine form. The single Thi i ti l t t h ldi aPPalayers of fabricare held in three, four or 0 10 ratus especially for wet treatment offabric e pl ces by means of threads a which are in web or strip form, inwhich the suspenddrawn through the single layers of the sused and foldedfabric is dipped into the bath pend d fahrle- By means of these differ-Or th i t t d ent threads a the fabric is hung on the In known apparatusof this kind the fabdownwardly dlrected hOOkS 5 0f the 1118111 15 ricsheets, layers or folds are for the most th t he threads or lacesya, arepart continuously and directly fastened in- CaII'led 1n he ndsof thehooks 6 between li id ll t h k or i i hi h Case each layer of fabric andare drawn tight the piercing is mostly at the two fabric y e nlng verthe slde pieces f of the edges, but sometimes only at one web edge in gg members- T members 0 them- 2o suspension. Usually in the latter caseit is lves can be taken out or adjusted in the necessary to provide thefabric web with lo e supporting guides d, and these supprotect-ingedges, in order to avoid damagp rt ng guldes (Z are adjustably situatedon ing the fabric by the hooks and on the other T S upports 6, which arecarried in any hand to prevent direct contact of the fabric eonvenlentmanner by a raising mechanism, to be, treated with the hanging hooks 01'f0! the sake of simplicity IlOt ShOWIl, SO that pins, since thisinvolves slight chemical acthe fabric can be dipped in the bath orretion at the points of contact which is harmmOVed therefrom. ful to thefabric. Further, in wet treat- In the above described suspension thement the free access of the bath especially folds of the fabric cannotor can only loosely so 30 to the points of suspension is hindered comeinto contact with one another, being owing to the compression thereofresulting kept separated singly or in twos or threes from the pull ofthe fabric caused by the between the hooks b. The bath can thussuspension. freely reach the material at these places, so

In the holding apparatus according to that uniform treatment thereforetakes 35 the invention, in which the fabric is likewise place.

continuously hung up in suspension on Further, hanging of the fabric onthe carrying hooks, these disadvantages are hooks is facilitated withoutthe fabric itavoided. In this case the suspension of the self beinghooked and thereby damaged, fabric on each row of carrying hooks isefwhilst the threading of the suspended fected by one of a series oftightly itensioned fabric can be effected quickly and without threadswhich are drawn through the indidamage. vidual layers of the fabric andare carried What I claim is: in the rows of hooks which projectbetween 1. A holding apparatus for the wet treatthem so that thesuspension of the fabric ment of fabric in Web form, and folded into 4on the hooks is effected without the aid of layers comprising a row ofcarrying hooks protecting borders and the treatment of the and a tightlytensioned thread arranged to material can take place all over simultabedrawn through the individual layers of neously. the web and to be laidinto said carrying An embodiment of the invention is shown hooks betweensaid layers, for the purpose 50 by way of example in the accompanyingspecified.

drawings. I 2. A holding apparatus for the wet treatment of fabric inWeb form, and folded into layers comprising a plurality of rows ofcarrying hooks, a movable support therefor and a plurality of tightlytensioned threads arranged to be drawn through the individual layers ofthe Web and to be laid into said carrying hooks between said layers, forthe purpose specified.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 28th day ofMarch, 1924, in 10 the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

ERNST NAGELIN.

l/Vitnesses AMAN BRAUN, MADELEINE SPENGLER.

